Mental Health: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

We all could use more information about how childhood illnesses may cause long term problems in adults....maybe our parents mistakes ( concerning our upbringing ) didn't cause us to go crazy....maybe the unhappiness of our adult lives caused us to develop OCD.

clipped from www.webmd.com Mental Health: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder What Causes Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? Although the exact cause of OCD is not fully understood, studies have shown that a combination of biological and environmental factors may be involved. Biological Factors: Research has found a link between low levels of one neurotransmitter -- called serotonin -- and the development of OCD. In addition, there is evidence that a serotonin imbalance may be passed on from parents to children. This means the tendency to develop OCD may be inherited. Studies also have found a link between a certain type of infection caused by the Streptococcus bacteria and OCD. This infection, if recurrent and untreated, may lead to the development of OCD and other disorders in children. Environmental Factors: There are environmental stressors that can trigger OCD in people with a tendency toward developing the condition. These factors include: Abuse Changes in living situation Relationship concerns

Cell Phones Dangerous Due To Brain Cancer Risk

Call me crazy, but don't call me using your cell phone.

clipped from www.emaxhealth.com New evidence on mobile phone hazard as cell phone usage is linked to brain cancer. According to The Independent, a recent study led by a renowned neurosurgeon, Dr. Vini Khurana, strongly demonstrates that prolonged exposure to mobile phone radiation will result in brain cancer and neighbouring tissue damage: It draws on growing evidence – exclusively reported in the IoS in October – that using handsets for 10 years or more can double the risk of brain cancer. Cancers take at least a decade to develop, invalidating official safety assurances based on earlier studies which included few, if any, people who had used the phones for that long. “It is anticipated that this danger has far broader public health ramifications than asbestos and smoking,” says Professor Khurana, who told the IoS his assessment is partly based on the fact that three billion people now use the phones worldwide, three times as many as smoke.

Remote lie detection raises ethical issues

clipped from www.abc.net.au Eric Bland A new way to remotely monitor blood pressure, pulse rate and sweating could be used to screen for health signs as well as to administer lie detection tests on people without their knowledge or consent. It's obvious when Pinocchio's lying. What about more subtle clues? Scientists say they have the basis of a remote lie detector test that monitors someone's sweat, pulse and blood pressure without them knowing. But is it ethical? While researchers stress their work remains only proof-of-concept, a commercial version using sub-terahertz waves could theoretically help remotely monitor medical patients, evaluate athletic performance, diagnose disease and detect lies. The key is in the surprising shape of human sweat ducts. The device could also be used as a remote lie detector, without their knowledge or consent. Trained professionals can evade polygraphs, but if a person doesn't know they are being constantly tested the new method could be more effective.

clipped from www.egodevelopment.com How you can heal your life : Foods That Heal There are a great number of foods that are healing in nature to the human body. A lot of of these foods may surprise you. The following collection of facts offers details about diverse foods popularly thought to have healing properties. Many of the following foods or tips are supported by research. Apples Carrots Apricot Zinc Avocado Almonds Sunflower Seeds Cheese Chicken Soup Hot and spicy food Citrus fruits Ginger Mushrooms Sea Vegetables Honey Fluids

Lasers detct Disease In Patient Breath

I hope the public get to use this technology and not just the dreaded insurance companies...

clipped from dsc.discovery.com Lasers Detect Disease in Patient Breath Feb. 22, 2008 -- Diagnosing life threatening diseases could soon be as easy as breathing. Researchers at the National Institute for Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado are now using lasers to detect specific chemical compounds in the breath of patients with cancer, asthma and diabetes. The technique, once perfected and commercialized, could save patients and insurance companies thousands of dollars and make disease diagnosis and monitoring faster and more efficient. "We hope that the technology will develop to be a very useful tool for preventive medicine," said Jun Ye, a study author and a physics professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder. "It can provide an early warning system to potential patients." In a much simplified version of the technique, the researchers simply look and see what colour the breath is after interacting with the comb and then diagnose a condition based on the colour.

Another cure for bad breath, stress

clipped from www.newstarget.com The latest research news from scientists in Illinois report that breath mints made with magnolia bark extract kill most oral bacteria that causes bad breath and tooth decay within 30 minutes of chewing the mints. A magnolia bark extract could be a boon for oral health when added to chewing gum and mints according to a study reported in the ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a bi-weekly publication. In this new study, Mints containing the extract killed more than 61 percent of the germs that cause bad breath within 30 minutes, compared with only a 3.6 percent germ-kill for the same flavorless mints without the extract, the researchers say. Magnolia bark is much more effective than existing anti-bacterial products for bad breath, which are far from ideal, with some having side effects like tooth staining.

Worrying about Health makes You Sick

clipped from psychcentral.com Worrying about your health is apt to make your health worse, finds a new study that reports highly anxious persons with heart disease face double the risk of heart attack or death than those with a more tranquil view of their medical condition. While a diagnosis of heart disease naturally causes anxiety and stress, individuals who learn to cope and find internal calm markedly reduced their risk while individuals whose anxiety increased over time were in greatest peril. “I’m convinced that spending time with the patient and the family and interacting with them as a caring human being is critically important to clinical outcomes.” “The results of this study demonstrate that we may need to consider more thoroughly evaluating patients with mood disorders such as anxiety, as treatment may very well reduce the risk of heart disease.” “My hunch is that for the majority of patients, the greatest anxiety-reducing effect comes from having a good relationship with a doctor,”

Hemp Recipes

clipped from face-natural.com It's pretty easy to add hemp to your diet. You can buy hemp protein powder and add it to smoothies. There's also hemp nut butter, and of course you can add either to various recipes. Here's a few recipes--no charge

Very basic pressure point try it..

I like G-Jo pressure point 13. Press left for male and right for female to relief headache. Good luck

clipped from www.g-jo.com Basic G-Jo Pressure Points What is G-Jo? G-Jo is the simplest form of acupressure. It is an easy-to-learn, three step process: 1. Find the right G-Jo "control point" for your symptom or health problem . . . 2. "Trigger" that G-Jo point properly . . . 3. Duplicate G-Jo at the identical point on the opposite side of your body (most G-Jo points are duplicated bilaterally).

Breast Cancer: You might not need Chemo

clipped from wbztv.com Thousands of breast cancer patients each year could be spared chemotherapy or get gentler versions of it without harming their odds of beating the disease, new research suggests. One study found that certain women did better - were less likely to die or have a relapse - if given a less harsh drug than Adriamycin, a mainstay of treatment for decades Another study found that a gene test can help predict whether some women need chemo at all - even among those whose cancer has spread to their lymph nodes, which typically brings full treatment now The findings are sure to speed the growing trend away from chemo for many breast cancer patients and targeting it to a smaller group of women who truly need it, We are backing off on chemotherapy and using chemotherapy more selectively" in certain women, Doctors know that chemo won't help most of these women, but they have had no good way to tell who can safely skip its cost and misery.

Psoriasis "cure" found by Irishman

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"It nearly had me destroyed. My scalp, ears, hands were all covered in it as well as my body. I tried absolutely everything. My marriage broke up and I even thought about taking my own life," he revealed.

The condition left David with a constant itch, and he left a trail of dead skin everywhere he went. When they asked, he told children asked what was wrong with him, he told them he had been burnt in a fire.

Four years ago, a friend suggested that he try Argan oil, extracted from the nut of a tree found in Morocco and used widely in cosmetics. Within hours of application, the itch which had troubled him for 14 years had stopped.

David spent the next four years experimenting with different combinations of natural ingredients, using the oil as a base, with remarkable results.

"Within four weeks there was a massive improvement and after seven to nine weeks it was completely gone from my scalp.

"I know this works. It has given me back my freedom. I was a

clipped from www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk Irishman hits on 'cure' for psoriasis Wednesday, December 12, 2007 for the skin condition which was slowly destroying his life. A Sligo man became an amateur scientist in his desperate search for a cure For years, David Duncan lived as a recluse because of the psoriasis which covered 85pc of his body. After trying countless skin specialists,prescriptions and quack cures, the 36-year-old is convinced he has now come up with his own effective treatment. The inflammatory disease, which typically causes red scaly patches on the skin, developed when David was 19 years old

Reasons To Quit Smoking

clipped from www.bbc.co.uk Tar Tar causes cancer of the lungs, mouth and throat. It coats the surface of the breathing tubes and the alveoli. This causes coughing and damages the alveoli, making it more difficult for gas exchange to happen. Cells in the lining of the breathing tubes produce sticky mucus to trap dirt and microbes. Cells with tiny hair-like parts, called cilia, normally move the mucus out of the lungs. Hot smoke and tar from smoking damages the cilia. So smokers cough to move the mucus and are more likely to get bronchitis. Nicotine Nicotine is addictive - it causes a smoker to want more cigarettes. Nicotine also increases the heart rate and blood pressure, and makes blood vessels narrower than normal. This can lead to heart disease. Carbon monoxide Carbon monoxide is a gas that takes the place of oxygen in red blood cells. This reduces the amount of oxygen that the blood can carry. This means that the circulatory system has to work harder, causing heart disease. clipped from www.flickr.com clipped from www.infonature.org

7 Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe

clipped from www.livescience.com Popular culture is loaded with myths and half-truths. Most are harmless. But when doctors start believing medical myths, perhaps it's time to worry. In the British Medical Journal this week, researchers looked into several common misconceptions, from the belief that a person should drink eight glasses of water per day to the notion that reading in low light ruins your eyesight. "We got fired up about this because we knew that physicians accepted these beliefs and were passing this information along to their patients," said Dr. Aaron Carroll, assistant professor of pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. "And these beliefs are frequently cited in the popular media." Myth: We use only 10 percent of our brains. Myth: You should drink at least eight glasses of water a day. Myth: Fingernails and hair grow after death. Myth: Shaved hair grows back faster, coarser and darker. Myth: Reading in dim light ruins your eyesight. Myth: Eating turkey makes you drowsy.